BIRCWH | Seminar Series 2010

All those interested in the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Program are invited to attend the seminars in our 2010 Seminar Series. The Seminar Series will be held from 12 Noon-3:00 PM monthly January through June and September through December 2010 alternating each month between the Hershey and University Park campuses. Attendance at the seminars is required for the BIRCWH Scholars. An informal networking luncheon will be held at noon with each seminar beginning at 12:30 PM. Please find below the list of 2010 BIRCWH Seminar Series dates, alternating campus locations, and seminar titles and speakers (to date). Please note that the Seminar Series will not be accessible via videoconference because we want to encourage cross-campus networking.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions you have about the Penn State BIRCWH Program or the BIRCWH Seminar Series. We look forward to seeing all attendees of the 2010 seminars!

All seminar times are 12:00 Noon to 3:00 PM Lunch is served

DATE	LOCATION	SPEAKER	TOPIC/TITLE
Monday January 11, 2010	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Kristen H. Kjerulff, PhD Professor of Public Health Sciences Penn State College of Medicine	The First Baby Study
Monday February 1, 2010	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Roger T. Anderson, PhD Professor of Public Health Sciences Penn State College of Medicine	Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment
Monday March 1, 2010	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Susan M. McHale, PhD Director, SSRI Professor of Human Development Penn State College of Health & Human Development	Overview of the Penn State Social Science Research Institute
Monday April 5, 2010	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Amal J. Khoury, PhD, MPH East Tennessee State University	Breast Cancer Screening: Women's Perspectives and Providers' Practices
Monday May 3, 2010	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Sarah H. Scholle, DrPH, MPH National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)	Gender Disparities in Quality of Care Related to Diabetes and CVD
Monday June 7, 2010	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 1101	Joan Davis Nagel, MD, MPH Program Director, BIRCWH NIH	ORWH’s Interdisciplinary Research and Career Development Programs
Monday September 13, 2010	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Ping Du, MD, PhD Daphne Hernandez, PhD Amy Marshall, PhD Jennifer McCall-Hosenfeld, MD	Presentation of BIRCWH Scholars' Projects
Monday October 4, 2010	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Cheryl A. Kitt, PhD Deputy Director Center for Scientific Review National Institutes of Health	CSR and the Grant Review Process
Monday November 1, 2010	University Park Life Sciences Building Room 401G	Danielle Symons Downs, PhD Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology	Physical Activity and Gestational Weight Gain
Monday December 6, 2010	Hershey Academic Support Building Room 2200	Book Club	Discussion of Mary Ann Mason, Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers(Oxford 2007)

Last revision 08/02/2010

BIRCWH Seminar Series 2010